Prasanta Das

Ex-professor of English @TezpurUniv . Tweeting is for the birds. I'm here for your threads and links.

[Prasanta Das @prasantakdas]

I see the term 'northeasterners', coined by a lazy and ignorant media, is gaining currency. It makes as much sense as 'Oriental', 'Asian', 'South Indian', and 'African'.

[Prasanta Das @prasantakdas]

Did some (admittedly superficial) research. All is not lost, in fact there are opportunities in the form of local development: BharatGen, AssameseRoBERTa & NE-BERT and Project Bhashini.

[Prasanta Das @prasantakdas]

Evokes memories of the 19th century struggle to reinstate Assamese as the official language. Unicode clubs the Assamese script together with the Bengali. And now this?! #Assam #Assamese

[Prasanta Das @prasantakdas]

Evokes memories of the 19th century struggle to reinstate Assamese as the official language. Unicode clubs the Assamese script together with the Bengali. And now this?! #Assam #Assamese

[Prasanta Das @prasantakdas]

Marjane Satrapi, Author of ‘Persepolis,’ Dies at 56 https://t.co/aVD6EIfOqn

[Pangram @pangram]

We tested every Commonwealth Short Story Prize winner since 2012. We found three more AI-generated stories -- two among the 2026 winners, as well as the 2025 overall winner.

[Prasanta Das @prasantakdas]

'Yet for all its global influences, Reble's work remains deeply tied to Meghalaya.'
https://t.co/giNZTp2dD7

[Prasanta Das @prasantakdas]

How Attenborough’s imagery hid a history of colonial harm https://t.co/VCFN01YWdJ

[Prasanta Das @prasantakdas]

Kynpham's Gaza poems. Says he would have gone mad if he hadn't written them.
https://t.co/FCac2OHCQY

[Prasanta Das @prasantakdas]

Nothing to do with the current election!
ইলেকশ্বন ডিউটি https://t.co/wYf4lijF5F

[James Melville 🚜 @JamesMelville]

Switzerland 🇨🇭

Solar panels on train tracks. A hell of a lot more logical than plastering over prime farmland.

[Prasanta Das @prasantakdas]

Easier to get a MBBS seat than to get into the exam hall, it seems.
Demand for ‘NEET-friendly’ clothing surges in Kerala as anxiety over dress code ... https://t.co/yH5v1XRYeY

[Prasanta Das @prasantakdas]

Looks like the pushback by citizens worked – though I'm still wary what the 'thoughtful innovations' might involve. https://t.co/nK1XZpOECg

[Prasanta Das @prasantakdas]

Glad to see this push back by citizens against the commercialisation of Ward's Lake. But will the authorities listen?
https://t.co/RkC90vb4GY

[Prasanta Das @prasantakdas]

@IndiaPostOffice You were supposed to revert to me concerning LP128888867AU. Any update?

[Prasanta Das @prasantakdas]

@IndiaPostOffice Still waiting ...

[Prasanta Das @prasantakdas]

@IndiaPostOffice Does DIMC, New Delhi fall within your jurisdiction? If so, please assist with LP128888867AU which has been lying there since Feb 21.

[Prasanta Das @prasantakdas]

@TheMightyStark and I have parcels pending in DIMC New Delhi for over a month. There's no working number to contact them or effective official forum to lodge a complaint, so trying this. I'm sure there are lot of others who will lose their parcels but can't do anything...

[Prasanta Das @prasantakdas]

@TheMightyStark @IndiaPostOffice No, mine has been pending in Delhi International Mail Centre (DIMC) since Feb 21. Wrote to Custom's office as per India Post's advice but my email was not received.

[Prasanta Das @prasantakdas]

@IndiaPostOffice My parcel (a book) sent by Australia Post (LP128888867AU) has been stuck in Delhi customs since 21 Feb. Since you are the local delivery partner, can you assist? Thanks.

[Rajendra B. Aklekar @rajtoday]

Wheelers book stalls going! It is the end of an era of Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling's dream on Indian Railways. One of Indian Railways’ most iconic features—the Wheeler book stalls— are set to disappear from stations across Mumbai’s Western Railway network, marking the end of a nearly century-old legacy. #Mumbai

[Jim Njue @jimNjue_]

Western experts are predicting widespread famine in Africa if this war goes on any longer. Reminds me of how During Covid, they were estimating over 500 Million deaths across Africa. But We waited and waited and no one died. So we just called off the lockdowns, stopped wearing masks and went back to work. Even this one we shall overcome.

[Sushant Singh @SushantSin]

Important research outcome that changes how we look at India's northeastern region.